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Tess van Stekelenburg

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Partners with founders and scientists

About Tess

Tess works with founders and engineers pushing frontiers across multiple sectors, including biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and the physical world of atoms.

Prior to Lux, Tess led Computational Neuroscience research at Oxford University and a software company in East Africa. Originally from the Netherlands, Tess grew up across Europe and completed her Masters and Bachelors degrees in computational neuroscience and biological sciences at the University of Oxford and University College London.

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Selected Investments

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Varda
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Varda is pioneering space manufacturing.

industries

Engineering Electronics

Physics Aerospace

Increasing Productivity Efficiency

Milestones

Lux investment: 2020

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Latch Bio
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Latch Bio is a first-of-a-kind web-based platform that enables any biologist to analyze CRISPR data without any code or cloud infrastructure setup.

industries

Infrastructure Computer Science

Progressing Science Knowledge

Milestones

Lux investment: 2021

Founders

Alfredo Andere

Kenny Workman

Kyle Giffin

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Evolutionary Scale
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ESM3 is the first generative AI model for biology that simultaneously reasons over the sequence, structure, and function of proteins. This enables scientists to understand and create new proteins, making biology programmable.

industries

Biology Biochemistry

Milestones

Lux investment: 2023

Founders

Alex Rives

Tom Sercu

Sal Candido

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Segolene Scarborough
Sean Traynor
Scott Rubin
Samuel Arbesman, PhD
Samantha Cho
Peter Hébert
Lindsay Morris
Lan Jiang
Josh Wolfe
Grace Isford
Deena Shakir
Debbie Elsen
Danny Crichton
Cristina Morris
Brandon Reeves
Brad Gritsch
Bibi Masara
Adam Kalish